Bottle-turning machine



J. L. BROWN.

BOTTLE TURNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5, 1919.

1,355,032, Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

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'J. L. BROWN.

BOTTLE TURNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-5,1919- Patent-ed Oct. 5, 1920.

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J. L. BROWN.

BOTTLE TURNlNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-5,1919.

1 355,032, Patented 001:. 5, 1920.

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BOTTLE TURNING MACHINE.

APPLlCATION FILED SEPT-5,1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES L. BROWN, 0F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

BOTTLE-TURNING MACHINE.

Application filed September 5, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs L. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jeiferson and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle Turning Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for handling bottles and has for its object the provision of a device adapted to remove bottles from a traveling belt, to turn the bottle over twice for the purpose of mixing the contents thereof and then replacing the bottle upon the sametraveling belt, the device being particularly adapted for use in the soft drink industry in which it is common practice to place the various ingredients within the bottles separately and then mix them subsequently.

An important object is the provision of a device of this character which will take bottles from a traveling belt as rapidly as they are fed thereonto from a filling machine and after inverting the bottles twice replace them upon the same belt without causing any hesitation in the feed, thereby saving a great deal of labor and time wasted in the ordinary methods.

Another object is the provision of a device of this character in the nature of 2. casing through the lower part of which the traveling belt passes and within which is rotated a wheel member provided with means for engaging the bottles and remo'ving them from thetraveling belt, this wheel member being provided with a plurality of peculiarly constructed and arranged belt members which will effectually retain the bottles in proper position while they are carried by the wheel and which are so constructed that they will not release the bottles until the wheel has made two complete revolutions.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this character which will be comparatively simple in its construction, which will be automatic in action, which will not break up the bottles, which will be highly efiicient and durable in service, and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illus-' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

Serial'No. 321,743.

trated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure is a side elevation of a traveling belt carrylng bottles and entering and leavlng my device, my device being shown in edge elevation,

F ig; is a similar view with my device shown 1n central vertical transverse section,

Fig. 3 is a view taken at right angles to Fig. 1, showing the belt in section and showlng my device in end elevation,

F 1g. is a longitudinal end elevation of my device with the cover plate or side of the casing removed,

Fig. 5 is an enlarged elevation showing the discharge portion of the device,

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross sectional view through the lower portion of the device, showlng the bottle discharging mechanism in plan, and

The remaining figures are detail views.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the letter A designates a conveyer belt upon which are carried bottles B fed thereonto from any suitable filling machine, not shown. In carrying out my invention I provide a casing which is cylindrical in shape and which comprises a pair of nearly circular angle bars 15 to which is bolted a cylindrical shell 16 having the sides of its lower portion cut away, as shown at 17 and 18, only the central portion being uninterrupted, as shown at 19. Ring-like side plates 20 and 21 are bolted to the angle bars 15. The side plates 20 and 21 are provided with openings 22 and 23 to permit the bot tles B to enter and leave the casing. The casing thus formed is supported by spaced pairs of legs 24, the height of which is such that. the belt A will pass immediately beneath the portion 19 of the shell 16. Se-

cured within this cylindrical casing are by any suitable means, such as a pulley and belt. Disposed upon the shaft 31 and secured thereto as by means of set screws 32 or the like, is a sleeve 33 which has formed thereon adjacent its ends, flanges 34 and 35 to which are bolted disks 36 and 37, respectively. A cylindrical sheet 38 is provided concentric with the sleeve 33 and is bolted to these disks 36 and 37. The purpose of this shell 38 will be hereinafter explained.

Disposed between the disks 36 and 37 are radially extending blade members 39, each of which is formed from a single sheet of metal having side flanges 40 bolted to the disks. Each blade member is twisted into partially spiral shape, as shown and is provided with a pair of spaced slots 41 and 42, for the passage of the partition plates 25 and 26, respectively. At its edge toward the disk 37, each blade has an up-struck lug 43 and the outer end of the portion of the blade between the slot 42 and disk 37 is cut away, as shown at 44.

At one side of the device adjacent the opening in the side plate 21, I provide an upstanding support 45 upon which are secured vertically spaced guide strips 46 and 47 which project into and across the compartment 29. I also provide a spring 48 disposed upon the plate 21 and also projecting into the compartment 29, this spring being maintained in position by a transverse holding strip 49. The purpose of the upstruck lug 43 is to hold the bottles against the plate 21 so as to permit the strip 46 to reach past the neck of the. bottle and assist in ejecting the bottle properly. The purpose of the slot 44 in the blade 39 is to permit the guide strip 46 to extend beyond the neck of each bottle.

The operation of the device is as follows:

It is understood of course that the conveyer belt is continually traveling beneath m device and carries an-end'less succession of bottles B. During the travel of the conveyer belt each bottle upon passing into the entrance side of the casing of my device will be engaged by a blade 39carried by rotating disks 36 and 37. Engagement of a blade-with a bottle re. ilts in moving the bottle laterally from off the conveyer belt and as the rotary movement of the disks 36 and 37 continues the bottles engaged by the blade members will be carried upwardly and around the entire circumference of my device, the ends of the necks of the bottle sliding upon the cylindrical shell 38 which will prevent the bottle from slipping down. When a bottle enters my device it will of course be first disposed within the compartment 27, that is between the cylinder wall 16 and the pantition plate 25. After each bottle has made about one-fourth of a revolution .of the device within this compartment, upon reaching the cut out portion 25 at the lower and the side disk 37, that is within the compartment 29. -As the bottles approach the lower portion of this last mentioned compartment they will engage the guide strips 46 and 47 which will deflect the bottles 1 laterally with respect to the plane of rotation of the blades so that the bottles will be discharged from the cutaway portion 23 of the side plate 21 and be disposed again upon the conveyer belt. The spring 48 will engage the necks of the bottles and partially retard movement thereof whereby to prevent the bottles from being upset as they are redeposited upon the conveyer belt.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will be apparent that as the bottles are thus turned two complete revolutions within my device, the various ingredients within the bottles will be thoroughly mixed, as will be readily ap parent. t will also be seen that owing to the particular construction and arrangement, the action will be automatic as long as my device is in operation and bottles may be fed thereon,-and it will also be evident that there is no likelihood of the bottles being broken during their turning. It will also be observed that the device is comparatively simple and not necessarily expensive, and that it Will efficiently perform all the functionsv for whichit is intended.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction, and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. device of the character described comprising a cylindrical casing having its sldes provided with entrance and exit openlngs, said casing being disposed immediately over a conveyer belt carrying bottles with said openings disposed in the path of 4 travel of the bottle upon the conveyer belt, a rotary member within said casing including spaced dlsks and a plurality of inclined blade members disposed therein, said blade around the entire circumference of said entire casing, and guide members at said exit opening in said casing engageable by said bottles whereby to deflect the latter onto said conveyer belt.

2. A device of the character described comprising a casing disposed immediately above a conveyer belt carrying the bottles, said casing being provided in its sides with entrance and exit openings in the path of travel of said bottles, ring like partition members secured within said casing and having cut away portions disposed in alinement with said entrance and exit openings, a shaft extending through said casing, a rotary member carried by said shaft and including side disks and a plurality of blade members secured between said disks and engageable successively with bottles fed into said entrance opening, said blade members being slotted for the passage of said partition members, a cylindrical shell member concentric with said shaft and secured to said side disks and engageable by the ends of the bottle necks for forming a guide for said bottles during their travel around the entire circumference of said casing, the cut away portions in said partition members permitting lateral movement of the bottles along said blades as the successive bottles reach said out out portions, whereby the bottles will progress from the entrance to the discharge side of the casing during rotary movement of said blades, and guide members disposed at the exit opening in said casing whereby to dispose said bottle onto said conve er belt.

3. device of the character described comprising a casing provided with entrance and exit openings arranged in alinement, said casing being disposed immediately above a conveyer belt carrying bottles with said openings in the path of travel of said openings, a wheel member revoluble within said casing and carrying inclined radially extending blades successively engageable with bottles entering said entrance opening, a cylindrical shell member forming part of said wheel and forming a guide for the ends of the necks of the bottles during their travel within said casing, and means engaging the bottles at said exit opening for redisposing them upon said belt.

4. A device of the character described comprising a casing provided with entrance and exit openings arranged in alinement,

said casing being disposed immediately above a conveyer belt carrying bottles with said openings in the path of travel of said openings, a wheel member revoluble within said casing and carrying inclined radially extending blades successively engageable with bottles entering said entrance opening, a cylindrical shell member forming part of said wheel and forming a guide for the ends of the necks of the bottles during their travel within said casing, and means engaging the bottles at said exit opening for re disposing them upon said belt, said means comprising a support, apair of vertically spaced guide members extending into said exit opening in the path of travel of the bottles carried by the wheel, and a spring member secured upon the casing and also projecting into said exit opening for engagement with the necks of the bottles whereby to retard movement thereof and prevent upsetting.

5. A device of the character described comprising a casing provided with entrance and exit openings arranged in alinement, said casing being disposed immediately above a conveyer belt carrying bottles with said openings in the path of travel of the bottles, a wheel member rotatable within said casing and carrying a plurality of blades, said blades being twisted whereby to be of slightly spiral shape, said blades being arranged radially of said wheel and being adapted for engagement with successive bottles entering said entrance opening, a plurality of circumferential partition members within said casing dividing the interior thereof into compartments, said partition members having cut away openings in staggered relation to said entrance and exit openings whereby bottles carried by said blades may move laterally thereon for disposition within the successive compartments during their circumferential travel, and means at said exit opening for redisposing said bottles upon said co-nveyer belt.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

JAMES L. BROWN. Witness:

ERNEST V. BROWN. 

